Do "typical" personal computers contain OCXO or TCXO oscillators for their clocks?

Drk Ryan wrote:
> Do "typical" personal computers contain OCXO or TCXO oscillators for their clocks?

No.  Not even the expensive ones.  Not even $50,000 SMP machines.

Drk Ryan wrote:

>Do "typical" personal computers contain OCXO or TCXO oscillators for their clocks?
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You've got to be joking.  You're lucky if you have a crystal.  I have a 
GPS interface to my PC from which I calibrate the CPU and timer clocks.  
I can use a hair dryer to raise the temperature and watch the clocks 
change, or use a refrigeration spray and watch them go the other way.

You can't count on the clocks in the personal computers to be any better 
that 100 PPM.

If you need some help, contact me off list.

Mike
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Michael Klos wrote:

> You can't count on the clocks in the personal computers to be any better 
> that 100 PPM.

Several sub-$200 SBCs I have do better than 5 PPM.  But I can remotely
check on the temperature of the room by measuring these against
a reference source ;-)